Donald Trump and his campaign have seized on a story in the New York Post that alleges to contain new information about Joe Biden, his son Hunter, and the Ukraine controversy that partially led to Trump’s impeachment.In the hours after the unverified story was published Wednesday morning, Twitter and Facebook both moved to limit its distribution on both social media platforms.

Clicking the link on Twitter led to a page warning the story was “potentially harmful,” while allowing viewers to click through to the story if they wished.According to the Trump campaign, Twitter also locked the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who shared the article multiple times.

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Final Trump-Biden debate marked by clashes but less chaos

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After a raucous first debate led organizers to introduce a mute button, the second and final meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden was a downright civil affair.Whether because of that button this time or the terrible reviews in the first debate — especially for Trump — the candidates interrupted each other far less frequently Thursday night, even as they clashed on issues including the coronavirus, crime and global warming.While Trump and Biden responded to the other's answers — shaking their heads disapprovingly or smiling, in the case of Biden — the two largely avoided speaking over each other.Trump, in particular, was on his best behavior, especially early on, and especially when it

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Presidential debate: Biden claims Trump wasn’t ‘joking’ about injecting bleach amid coronavirus pandemic

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'So much work to do': How Biden is planning for transition

WASHINGTON – If Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump next month, he'll quickly face a new challenge: standing up a new administration to lead a divided nation through a series of historic crises.After making Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic a centerpiece of his campaign, Biden will have to show that his team can better handle the public health calamity.

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AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story

WASHINGTON – Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden two weeks before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. But the story in the New York Post raised more questions than answers, including about the authenticity of an email at the center of the story.The origins of the story also trace back to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who has repeatedly pushed unfounded claims about Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.

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Will The Villages vote for Trump or Biden?

THE VILLAGES, Fla. – With Sumter County beginning its first day of early voting Tuesday, there are questions about which way the county will lean in the presidential election.In 2016, the retirement community of The Villages was a Republican stronghold, but despite recent stops by the Trump campaign, residents said they’ve also seen a lot of support for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.“I think it’s close here, I really do. I don’t even want to predict who I think will win,” Gilbert Windsor said.

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Former RNC chairman Michael Steele endorses Joe Biden

FILE - Michael Steele participates in a debate between chairmanship candidates of the RNC, co-sponsored by Americans for Tax Reform and the Daily Caller, at the National Press Club January 3, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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Barack Obama to campaign for Joe Biden in Philadelphia with drive-in rally Wednesday

Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the stage as he attends an Obama Foundation event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13 December 2019.

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For Biden, ambitious economic plans may wait on battle with coronavirus

Democratic party's sprawling presidential primary last spring offered a wide-open debate on economic policy ranging from the merits of wealth taxes and other ways to ease U.S. economic inequality to aggressive proposals for reducing reliance on fossil fuels.Yet even a "blue wave" victory next month giving Democrats control of the White House and both chambers of Congress may strand that sort of transformational economic thinking on the sidelines until the battle against the coronavirus is won.While an electoral victory by Democratic contender Joe Biden might shift the U.S.

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50 Cent says ‘vote for Trump’ in light of Biden's tax plan: 'IM OUT'

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 24: Rapper/actor Curtis James Jackson III aka 50 Cent On ABC's 'Good Morning America' at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on July 24, 2015 in New York City.

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Sharon Stone urges the women of Florida to vote for Joe Biden: 'Your COVID numbers are scaring me'

Sharon Stone urged the 'sexy' women of Florida to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in a letter she penned on Monday.First, the 62-year-old Oscar nominee pointed out how she's visited Florida since she was a teenager and she filmed Luis Llosa's dismally-reviewed action flick The Specialist in Miami with Sylvester Stallone back in 1994.'I raised money for battered women there,' Sharon - who boasts 2.5M Instagram/Twitter followers - wrote. 'You're resilient, brave, fun, smart, and yes you are sexy': Sharon Stone urged the women of Florida to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in a letter she penned Monday'What I know about you? You're resilient, brave, fun, smart, and yes you are sexy if I can be so bold.

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Donald Trump mocks Joe Biden for 'listening to the scientists' on Covid-19

Donald Trump mocked his presidential rival Joe Biden’s cautious approach to Covid-19 mimicking the former Vice President saying he would “listen to the scientists.”

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Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida.The candidates are targeting Puerto Rico in a way never before seen, with the U.S.

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COMMENTARY: Joe Biden’s ‘non-threatening’ identity has fired up the Democratic base

U.S. election.Some of the most effective anti-Trump advertising this year comes from the Lincoln Project, helmed by a group of prominent Republican strategists who have broken ranks and are campaigning against him.These prominent Republican desertions led some to wonder if it would spur a broader shift away from Trump among the party’s rank and file.

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Trump, Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip

CARSON CITY, Nev. – President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense over the weekend, as both campaigned in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election that is just over two weeks away.Trump began his Sunday in Nevada, making a rare visit to church before a fundraiser and an evening rally in Carson City.

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2016 sequel? Trump's old attacks failing to land on Biden

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump stood before a crowd in a state that had once been firmly in his grasp. There were fewer than three weeks left in the campaign, one reshaped by a virus that has killed more than 215,000 Americans, and he was running out of time to change the trajectory of the race.He posed a question.“Did you hear the news?” the president asked the hopeful crowd.

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Twitter blocks tweet from Trump adviser downplaying masks

NEW YORK – Twitter blocked a post Sunday from an adviser to President Donald Trump who suggested that masks do not work to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Scott Atlas, who joined the White House in August as a science adviser, had tweeted “Masks work? NO,” and said widespread use of masks is not supported.The tweet violated a Twitter policy that prohibits sharing false or misleading misinformation about COVID-19 that could lead to harm, a company spokesperson said.

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Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election

SAN JUAN – The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida.The candidates are targeting Puerto Rico in a way never before seen, with the U.S.

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Trump, Biden are campaigning across country from each other

LAS VEGAS – President Donald Trump made a rare visit to church Sunday as he and Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned across the country from one another in key states with the Nov. 3 election close at hand.Trump was attending services at the nondenominational International Church of Las Vegas before raising money in Newport Beach, California, and holding an evening rally in Carson City, Nevada.

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Newt Gingrich: Trump better able than Biden to lead US to economic recovery from coronavirus

The election now underway raises many questions for the American people. Many are philosophical about what kind of country we want to become — and those are critically important.

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‘SNL’ parodies dueling town halls with Trump-Guthrie wrestling match, Biden as Bob Ross

Saturday Night Live opened up once again with a spoof of the presidential race, this time recreating the “dueling town halls” between U.S.

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Joe Biden transforms into Mr. Rogers during dueling town halls in ‘SNL’ cold open

Jim Carrey resumed the role of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, with the former vice-president transforming into Mr. Rogers and Bob Ross during the dueling town halls between Biden and U.S.

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Fact check: A look at recent Trump, Biden claims on coronavirus, Supreme Court

Donald Trump sees in the pandemic what he wants to see. He seemed to acknowledge as much when he was challenged on stage a few days ago for repeatedly and thoroughly misrepresenting a study about masks.No, the study did not find that most people who wear masks get COVID-19.

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Giuliani’s risk to Trump in the spotlight again after Biden email saga

Joe Biden’s son has raised some red flags. One of the biggest involves the source of the emails: Rudy Giuliani.Giuliani has travelled abroad looking for dirt on the Bidens, developing relationships with shadowy figures, including a Ukrainian lawmaker who U.S.

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Coronavirus: Biden says pandemic is worsening, blames Trump

One day after Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won a TV ratings battle with US. President Donald Trump as the two held competing town halls with voters, Biden focused his campaign in Michigan on health care, blaming Trump for the increase in COVID-19 cases.

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FBI investigating if Hunter Biden email story tied to Russian disinformation effort

WASHINGTON - The FBI is investigating whether emails that were published this week by the New York Post related to Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and his purported dealings in Ukraine are connected to a possible Russian influence operation in an effort to spread disinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election, according to the Associated Press.The New York Post said Wednesday that it obtained "smoking-gun" emails about Hunter Biden and an alleged meeting between then-Vice President Joe Biden and an executive at a Ukrainian energy firm. A 2015 email published by the Post purported to show a top adviser for Burisma, the Ukraine gas company where Hunter Biden held a board seat, thanking Biden for giving him an opportunity to meet his father

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Trump duped by fake news story of Twitter going down to protect Biden

Donald Trump blamed Thursday’s global Twitter outage on a deliberate attempt by the company to protect Joe Biden, citing an obviously fake news story written in the style of “The Onion.”“Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread of Negative Biden News,” read the headline on the Babylon Bee, a Christian satire site. The fake story claimed that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had smashed up his servers on Thursday to censor an unverified New York Post story about the Democratic nominee for president and his son, Hunter.Twitter did limit the spread of the story on Thursday due to its policy around hacked materials.

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Twitter CEO says it was 'wrong' to block links to Biden story, announces new policy

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Trump shares fake story from satire website claiming Twitter shut down to help Biden

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Friday shared a fake story on Twitter from a satirical website that mockingly claimed Twitter shut down its network to slow the spread of negative news regarding Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.The article was published by The Babylon Bee — which bills itself as “the world’s best satire site” and uses the tagline, “fake news you can trust.”Trump shared the article, titled “Twitter Shuts Down Entire Network To Slow Spread Of Negative Biden News,” early Friday on his Twitter account.“Wow, this has never been done in history. This includes his really bad interview last night.

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Fact check: A look at claims Trump, Biden made during competing town halls

Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden faced inquisitive voters on separate stages in different cities in a substitute for the debate that was meant to be. Biden admits elements of past U.S.

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Trump Dodges COVID-19 Testing Question, Biden Denounces White House's Handling of Virus in Town Halls

President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, Thursday night, their scuttled second debate replaced by dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to the pandemic that has reshaped the nation. Trump was defensive about his administration's handling of the coronavirus, which has claimed more than 215,000 American lives, and evasive when when pressed about whether he took a required COVID-19 test before his first debate with Biden.

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Biden says it was a ‘mistake’ to support past U.S. crime bill

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Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden squared off, in a way, in dueling televised town halls that showcased striking differences in temperament, views on racial justice and approaches to a pandemic that has reshaped the nation.Coming just two and a half weeks before Election Day, the events Thursday night offered crystalizing contrasts and a national, if divided, audience.

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Trump insists pandemic almost over, Biden says he did 'nothing'

US President Donald Trump delivered a combative defence at a town hall style event last night, while his Democratic rival Joe Biden - offering a glaring contrast in style in a rival town hall - accused him of doing "nothing" to end the pandemic.

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US Presidential debate: Trump pushes Biden on his son Hunter and dealings with Burisma

U.S. President Donald Trump pushed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday during the first U.S.

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Biden, Trump squabble over coronavirus response in dueling town halls

Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, as the two candidates held dueling televised town halls after their second planned debate was canceled.The prime-time split-screen showdown offered a stark reminder of how deeply unusual this year's campaign has been amid a coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 8 million Americans, including the president himself. Millions have already voted early ahead of Election Day on Nov.

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Nebraska Sen. Sasse rips Trump over COVID-19, foreign policy

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Whoopi Goldberg Joy Behar Doubt Donald Trump Ever Had COVID-19: ‘He’s A Liar’ — Watch

Whoopi Goldberg, 64, and Joy Behar, 78, are now wondering if Donald Trump, 74, lied about his COVID-19 diagnosis. Despite testing positive for the virus on Oct. 1, Trump left the hospital just four days later and resumed his campaign rallies on Oct. 12. So, Whoopi went out on a limb on the Oct. 15 episode of The View to admit, “The more he talks, the less I think he had it, personally.”

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GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, wife finance anti-Biden group

WASHINGTON – Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and his wife have given $75 million to a new super PAC that is attacking Democratic nominee Joe Biden, an investment made amid GOP concern that President Donald Trump's campaign is flailing and might not be able to correct course.The money from Adelson has been the driving force behind a $68 million attack campaign against Biden by the group Preserve America, which launched in August.

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The Latest: Biden thanks GOP donors after record fundraising

WASHINGTON – The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):1:39 p.m.Joe Biden is thanking some Republican donors as he celebrates a record-breaking campaign fundraising haul from last month.The former vice president, in conjunction with the Democratic National Committee, raised $383 million in September, breaking the record for monthly contributions he set in August with $364 million.

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A Biden presidency could have a ‘remarkable’ impact on science policy—but also face hurdles

David MalakoffIf former Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidential election, he will face high expectations from the U.S. scientific community.

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Facebook reducing distribution of Hunter Biden story in New York Post

New York Post about a purported email between Hunter Biden and an adviser to a Ukrainian energy company.The 2015 email indicates that Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to Burisma, thanked Biden for "giving an opportunity" to meet former Vice President Joe Biden.The former vice president has previously said he has "never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings."RELATED: Zuckerberg rejects claim that Facebook is 'right-wing echo chamber'In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Hunter Biden, son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, addresses the virtual convention on August 20, 2020.

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Dueling town halls for Trump, Biden after debate plan nixed

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden will compete for TV audiences in dueling town hall meetings instead of meeting face-to-face for their second debate as originally planned.The two will take questions in different cities on different networks Thursday night: Trump on NBC from Miami, Biden on ABC from Philadelphia.

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AP Explains: Trump seizes on dubious Biden-Ukraine story

WASHINGTON – Looking to undermine rival Joe Biden 20 days before the election, President Donald Trump’s campaign has seized on a tabloid story offering bizarre twists to a familiar line of attack: Biden’s relationship with Ukraine. But the story in the New York Post raises more questions than answers, including about the authenticity of an email at the center of the story.

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First lady Melania Trump says son Barron was positive for Covid-19, now negative

Melania Trump says her 14-year-old son, Barron, had tested positive for the coronavirus but has since tested negative.The White House initially said he had tested negative, after both of his parents tested positive earlier this month.The first lady said Wednesday that subsequent testing showed Barron had also come down with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.He has since tested negative, she said, as have both she and President Donald Trump.After she and the president received their positive results Oct. 1, Mrs.

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Trump and Biden vying for battleground North Carolina

With the U.S. presidential election just weeks away, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are honing in on a battleground state.

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Donald Trump's son Barron tested positive for Covid-19 after his parents caught virus

Donald Trump's 14-year-old son Barron has tested positive for COVID-19 but exhibited no symptoms. First Lady Melania Trump told how the youngster contracted the virus after both of his parents tested positive.

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Trump's son Barron, 14, recovers after testing positive for Covid-19

President Donald Trump's teenage son Barron contracted Covid-19 after both his parents tested positive, First Lady Melania has revealed.

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Donald Trump's son Barron caught coronavirus says First Lady Melania

Barron Trump, the son of President Donald Trump and Melania Trump, tested positive for coronavirus, the First Lady has confirmed.

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